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Busy Weekend for Lamar Area Hospice
While the Back Yard Bash committee was putting together final plans for their Saturday, June 3rd event, fund-raising committee members for Lamar Area Hospice found time this past Friday afternoon to accept a $7,000 check from February’s ‘Pirate’s Night’ fund-raising event at the Buzzard’s Roost in Lamar. This marked the 4th year where people got […]
Sun and Fun for Wiley Hay Days, 2017
Spring was in full swing this past Saturday morning, June 3rd for the annual Wiley Hay Days celebration. There were sunny skies, warm winds and just enough shade along Main Street for everyone to pick out a good spot to watch the 10am parade which featured Robert and Margaret Porterfield, this year’s royalty, as […]
USDA Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins on Thursday, June 15, 2017. “County committees allow farmers and ranchers to make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally to best serve their needs,” said […]
Colorado & Corn Farmers Nationwide Note Crop Status
Farmers in Colo., nationwide nearly done planting; majority of crop in ‘good,’ or ‘excellent’ condition Farmers nationwide are now nearly done with planting, and the crop that’s in the ground is looking solid, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report. That report showed 89 percent of the state’s crop had been planted as of […]
NCGA STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED FY18 BUDGET
MAY 2017 – NCGA Statement on President’s Proposed FY18 Budget The White House today, May 23, 2017, released its detailed proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018. The budget proposal includes the following: Cutting the federal crop insurance program by $28.56 billion over the 2018-2027 period Eliminating funding for the Market Access Program (MAP) […]
Gov. Hickenlooper announces Colorado Trail Explorer – Online Statewide Trail Map
DENVER — Friday, June 2, 2017 — The Colorado Trail Explorer – a comprehensive online statewide trail map and a key component of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Colorado the Beautiful initiative – is now live and available to the public in celebration of National Trails Day on June 3. The Colorado Trail Explorer includes more than […]
Colorado Water Conservation Bureau – May Drought Summary
Cool and wet conditions across much of Colorado throughout May have resulted in widespread elimination of drought conditions, abnormally dry conditions are present in Mesa and Park counties and will continued to be monitored. Water providers have no immediate concerns and expect reservoirs to fill. Some crops have been lost as a result of […]
Lamar Community College Expands Construction Trades Offerings
(Lamar, Colorado; June 1, 2017) In addition to the Construction Trades Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree currently offered at Lamar Community College, students will have the opportunity to take an introductory certificate starting Fall 2017: Construction Trades Essentials. This certificate will give the students a jump-start into Construction Trades at LCC including an introduction […]
Birth Announcements: Banning -/- Wertz
Christopher Reinert and Mary Banning of Lamar, Colorado announce the birth of their son, Gregor Ellery Adam Reinert at 10:15pm at Prowers Medical Center on Friday, May 26, 2017 with Dr. Korkis attending. Gregor weighed seven pounds and 10 ounces and was 20 inches in length at birth. Grandparents: Wayne and Tonya Reinert. ************************************* Mark […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – APRIL 2017 – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.97 billion pounds in April, down slightly from the 3.98 billion pounds produced in April 2016. Beef production, at 1.96 billion pounds, was slightly below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.46 million head, up 2 percent from April 2016. The average live weight was down […]
Attorney General Coffman Holds Listening Tour Meeting for Prowers County
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman spent the majority of her day, Tuesday, May 23rd at the Prowers County Annex in Lamar, holding a series of listening sessions that began with local, elected officials and continued through the day with such topics as farming/ranching, a sex assault program at Lamar Community College and efforts […]
Hitch for ARPA/City of Lamar Settlement Agreement
Lamar Light Plant Superintendent, Houssin Hourieh, announced that The City Council of La Junta cast a collective ‘no’ vote May 15th to approve the settlement agreement between ARPA and the City of Lamar. Their counterparts in Trinidad, also an ARPA municipal member, decided to table their decision during their May meeting. All six ARPA members, […]
Council Approves Ordinances for Veteran’s Cemetery and Tourism Advisory Board
Two ordinances were passed by the Lamar City Council on first reading during its Monday night meeting, May 22nd. The first pertains to an amended city code establishing eligibility criteria for internment in the veteran’s section of Fairmount Cemetery. The change now includes eligible dependent children in addition to the veteran’s spouse to be buried […]
Woodland Park High School Marks a Win at the 2017 Colorado Envirothon Competition
Woodland Park High School’s AP Environmental Science team once again took first place honors at the 2017 Colorado Envirothon Competition held on April 25 and 26, in Aurora, CO! This year’s event took place at the Arapahoe County Fair Grounds in Aurora, with ten teams participating who came from all over Colorado, to compete […]
Open House for “Day One” Peer Services in Lamar
Southeast Health Group recently opened peer-run services and overnight supported stays at 3500 First Street South in Lamar. The program is called “Day One” and is designed to support people who are in recovery from mental illness and addictions. The public is invited to an Open House on Tuesday, June 13th, from 4:00 – 6:30 […]
